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nirvana_moksh
7 years agoImpactful Individual
Microsoft Exchange Issue
Hello All, I have been trying to think of a solution for a issue that I am currently running into and would like to see if anyone has tried this before. I have a PBI report which uses the Microsoft Ex...
nirvana_moksh
7 years agoImpactful Individual
v-jiascu-msft- I was thinking of doing the same using SSIS, but SSIS does not have a direct connector to connect to these Mailboxes, so I came across Microsoft Graph API, would you be able to suggest more on what will be the correct way? Maybe using Graph API in conjunction with SQL DB and Power BI?
v-jiascu-msft
7 years agoMicrosoft Employee
Hi nirvana_moksh,
After surfing the graph/overview, I find the Graph API is the bridge between the emails and the SQL DB. Power BI can work directly with SQL DB. So the process could be as follows.
1. Fetch emails with Graph API and store in a SQL DB. Filter the emails if possible.
2. Connect to the SQL DB from Power BI.
Best Regards,
Dale